AI-assisted software development has moved fast these past few years. At Quartile we have brought AI (Claude Code) into our Odoo add-on work, and are building a development setup that is both higher in quality and more efficient.
Odoo suits AI-driven development
Odoo's Community edition is an ERP published as open source.
Because the source code and the framework are public, AI can read and analyse that code easily — which makes Odoo an unusually good fit for AI-driven development.
Working with AI has brought two large gains:
- lower development cost
- faster development
Both are already showing up in the work.
Tasks that used to take a long time are now quicker, so we get value to customers sooner.
AI does not make everyone a developer
That said, having AI does not mean anyone can develop.
Using it effectively still takes:
- a deep understanding of how Odoo works
- knowledge of the business domain
- the skill to give it the right instructions (prompts)
None of the three is optional.
AI is a very powerful tool, but using it properly takes expertise.
How we handle security and quality
AI-assisted development carries risks of its own:
- security risks
- quality risks
- code generated that nobody intended
So we never take AI-generated code as it comes.
Every change is reviewed by more than one person, and that is what assures the quality.
We treat AI not as a replacement for developers but as a tool that makes developers stronger.
Our track record as an Odoo specialist
Quartile has worked as an Odoo-specialist systems integrator since 2013 — implementation and development, operation and maintenance.
It is precisely that long experience that gives us the footing to use AI both safely and effectively.
AI × Odoo × a track record
That combination is what lets us deliver more.
AI is still a developing technology, so we keep at it by trial and error — carefully, and with some ambition.
AI is beginning to change what development is.
We will keep building Odoo add-ons with AI, with safety and quality first.
We are also actively looking for people interested in AI-assisted development.
If you would like to take on AI × Odoo development, please do apply.
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We use AI in our development